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InocuProRoot Fertilizer Production
2.009 Blue B Woodie Flowers Steve Haberek Zach Eisenstat Daniel Guarda Phil Hum Justin
Holland Levi Lalla Wey-Jiun Lin Tiffany Yang
10/20/05
Background
Mycorrhizal Fungi5 grow bags/hour
Market
Small Farms• Vegetable farmers,
transplanted plants• 84,000 farms 1-49
acres in US
Developing Countries:• Consume over 63% of
world’s fertilizer• Manual labor
Competition:• Phosphate fertilizers• $1,500 on 9 acres• Variable vs. Fixed
Design ChallengesTumbler:• Occasionally Jammed
sketch model
• Excess Particles
sketch model
mockup
Design ChallengesGrinder/Cutter:• Power/Speed• Blade Selection
• Grass? Seeds? Rocks?
sketch model
mockup
Circulation of root:Vblade >> Vroot
Design ChallengesGrinder/Cutter: (cont.)
mockup • Circulation of root:Vblade >> Vroot
• Blade spin from bottom
• No spinning axle revealed
• Speed ≈ 3000rpm• Flail blade
Design Challenges
Integration:
